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[edit] By Place

[edit] Roman Empire

• Legions III Gallica and IV Scythica are disbanded by Elagabalus after their leaders, Verus and Gellius Maximus, rebel.
• Elagabalus is initiated into the worship of the Phrygian gods Cybele and Attis.

[edit] Asia

• The reign of Pulona, Satavahana king of Andhra, begins in India.
• The Battle of Mount Dingjun ends with Liu Bei emerging victorious. He declares himself King of Hanzhong afterwards.
• Guan Yu, great general of Shu, floods the city of Fancheng in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng of Eastern Wu captures his home base. Guan Yu retreats and is defeated at Battle of Maicheng.
• General Cao Cao controls the Huang He basin and north of the country. General Sun Quan seizes southernmost China. Liu Bei controls the province of Sichuan.

[edit] Births

• Sun Jun, general of the Kingdom of Wu (d. 256)

[edit] Deaths

• August — Yang Xiu (b. 175)
• Guan Ping, son of Guan Yu
• Guan Yu, celebrated general of Liu Bei
• Jiang Qin, an officer in the kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China (b. 168)
• Liu Zhang, former ruler of Yizhou (b. 162)
• Lü Meng, general of Sun Quan, planned Guan Yu's capture (b. 178)
• Mi Zhu, adviser first to Tao Qian, and later Liu Bei
• Pang De (executed by Guan Yu) (b. 170)
• Verus, Roman usurper, senator and commander of Legio III Gallica in Syria
• Xiahou Yuan, general and relative of Cao Cao
• Zhang Hong, minister under Sun Quan
• Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician and pharmacologist (b. 150)
• Zhao Lei